Metallica's Lars Ulrich On Cocaine, Oasis, Megadeth And That Quietus Incident

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ULRICH On MUSTAINE: 'I Don't Have A Problem With Him As Much As He Has A Problem With Me'
Published 8/28/2008 at BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News
The Quietus conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich earlier this week. An excerpt from the chat follows. The Quietus : Rumor has it that you and MEGADETH 's Dave Mustaine [former METALLICA guitarist] still aren't friends. Do you have a relationship? Lars : "No. We did the movie [ 'Some Kind Of Monster' , 2005], and as has been well documented, he was not pleased with what came in the movie and what came in the wake of it, and since then we haven't spoken. I'm sure we'll cross paths one day, and usually when we cross paths it's all OK. There's the ...

Lars Ulrich Blows Off Blow Thanks to Noel Gallagher
Published 8/28/2008 by John D. Luerssen at Spinner.com
[image] Lars Ulrich loves Oasis . Lars Ulrich loves Oasis so much that when Noel Gallagher decided to quit cocaine cold turkey, so did he. Well, a few years after the fact. "A couple of years ago I was like, 'You know? Enough of this. I don't need it,'" the Metallica drummer said . "It was literally something that happened one morning, like 'Y'know? F--- that.' I was very impressed with Noel. As you know, I'm an Oasis fanatic, and Noel was like [adopts stentorian tone] 'You know what? No more cocaine!' And I thought, 'If he can do it, everybody else can do it.'" We're pretty sure he intended that as a compliment.

Metallica, Oasis: Metallica drummer inspired by Oasis to give up coke
Published 8/28/2008 at Prefix
... couple of years ago I was like, 'You know? Enough of this. I don't need it'. It was literally something that happened one morning, like 'Y'know? Fuck that.'" Describing himself as an "Oasis fanatic" Ulrich cited Gallagher's ability to kick the habit as a model:"If he can do it, everybody else can do it."It's always nice to see musicians of any stripe getting off life-crippling addictions. Now if only Metallica would produce a quality album after its drumme has gone clean. [ The Quietus ]

Wrinkly is Lars inspiration
Published 8/28/2008 at OH NO!!
... "A couple of years ago I was like, 'You know? Enough of this. I don't need it'. It was literally something that happened one morning, like 'Y'know? Fuck that'," he told The Quietus.com. ...